The Global Debate: Italy

Peace and Education in Pictures

See the stories of children in this moving photoessay featured on the website of the major Italian newspaper, La Republicca.

Advocacy on the Issue 

• In May, Save the Children Italy co-organized a conference focused on the right to education, with Prof. Raffaele Mantegazza in the University of Milano - Bicocca. Highlights of the event included the presentation of the report Where Peace Begins and a debate on the issue of  “education and peace” with representatives of Italian NGOs, associations, foundations, academic institutions and research centres. Report

• in July, a workshop took place in Save the Children's Rome offices on “the role of education in conflict prevention and peacebuilding”. Representatives of  Italy's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other Italian government representatives, NGOs, and International Organizations participated. Report

La Pace Inizia Dai Bambini - Article in L'Unita Newspaper (April 2008)

Charlotte Petri Gornitzka, Secretary General of the International Save the Children Alliance appeared in the Italian newspaper, L'Unita, with this article on the powerful links between education and peace.  Read the article in Italian or English.

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